Contact numbers in foreign number format & names not appearing

Hi,

iPhone 12 iOS 14.7.1

My contact numbers are appearing in my contact as DDD-DDD DDD DD, instead of in GB DDDDD DDDDDD (D = digit)

Also contact names not coming up.

I have just come back from a foreign country, so not sure whether it’s that or an iOS update that has changed the appearance.

Can anyone help to correct please?

thanks in advance

Posted on Nov 7, 2021 7:22 AM

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1 reply

Jeff_W.

Community Specialist

Nov 8, 2021 8:58 AM in response to Soobee38

Hi Soobee38!

It sounds like your contacts' phone numbers are not being formatted correctly, and we're happy to help. This post may address the issue:

Contacts numbers have spaces

If you're still having trouble, you should contact Apple Support using this link:

Contact Apple Support

Cheers!

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